With 300 employees and growing, we are looking for an ambitious fully qualified accountant to join our busy finance team on a twelve-month contract to cover maternity leave. The candidate must have a very strong analytical background and be able to demonstrate experience of interpreting and analysing large volumes of data.
Candidate will be the “go-to person” on the team for building and maintaining complicated financial models and overseeing the monthly variance analysis commentary.
If you are ambitious, results focused and enjoy a challenge, you will enjoy working with PrepayPower.
Your New Role Responsibilities:
· Ownership of annual budgets and forecasting models (including cashflow forecasting)
· Ownership and continuous validation of energy accrual process
· Ownership of reporting and accounting for the new Broadband service launched in 2019
· Responsible for accounting for the speculative trading teams’ activities and being the financial representative to the trading teams
· Gross margin variance analysis
· Assist team with month end close off to strict deadlines
· Deliver a comprehensive review of monthly business performance the CEO, COO and CFO
· Assisting with returns for banking covenant compliance, which includes consolidation accounting
· Assist with improving efficiencies within the finance function
· Developing reports to improve turnaround time of deliverables
· Work with the business to identify and understand their financial management information needs
· Ad hoc projects
PrepayPower is the market leader for Pay As You Go for electricity, gas and broadband in Ireland. We disrupted the energy market in 2011 with one purpose in mind: To give people total control and complete transparency over their electricity costs.
Over 155,000 customers have already switched to PrepayPower. In a market dominated by semi-states and subsidiaries to large energy multinationals, we are proud to be Irish owned, independent while working in an inclusive and diverse workplace! Our approach is different, and customer driven. We pride ourselves on providing customers with an excellent level of service.
PrepayPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe and treat all our employees, customers and other stakeholders with dignity and respect.
Essential Experience & Skills to Succeed:
· Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA), with minimum 3+ years relevant PQE in the area of financial planning and analysis.
· Strong background in financial / data analysis involving different scenarios and how they may impact financial results going forward.
· Prior experience of being involved in the end to end process of preparing budgets and forecasting activities.
· Excellent knowledge of Excel essential.
· SAGE 200 experience desired but not essential.
· Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
· Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
· Energetic, with a high level of initiative, along with the ability to prioritise workload and aptitude for hard work.
· Ability to work independently and call on support as required.
· Open, flexible, and willing to undergo change and process improvements.
· Experience in the utilities sector an advantage but not essential.
· Tableau and SQL knowledge desired but not essential.
